Edmund C. Russell | American Battle Monuments Commission

World War II

Service #	O-813423
Unit	740th Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank	First Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From	New York
Date of Death	July 22 1944
Status	Recovered
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery Florence American Cemetery Via Cassia S.N. 50023 Tavarnuzze (Firenze) Italy

740th Bomber Squadron, 455th Bomber Group, Heavy

Notes

His remains were recovered, identified on May 17, 1956 and buried at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Missouri.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.